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In that first game out in Seattle, Schwarber was up with a runner on base and Almora on deck with two outs in the eighth. Seattle led by a run. Watching it live, I had no clue why they wouldnt rather pitch to Almora. Of course, Schwarber hit the game winning homer in that spot. The Mariners coaches really are morons.
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This is a few days old, but I went to a Mexico City baseball game, and Tony Campana misplayed this into an inside-the-park homer, the first in the new Mexico City stadium. [tweet] [/tweet]
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Which one of these is the correct call? They look like the same play to me, but Javy was out and Cardinals guy is safe. [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo] [tweet] [/tweet]
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Awfully convenient that Matt Adams was lingering on the dugout railing staring. But going forward, I think we ought to hire Mike Matheny for that role. Can't take that chance of no Cardinal to stare angrily at Cubs walkoffs.
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This was said during Saturday's Cardinals radio broadcast. Nevermind that their patron saint is the all-time leader. [tweet] [/tweet]
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What happened this year as far as working counts? "Controlling the strike zone" was a Theo point of emphasis from like early 2015 against most pitchers except maybe occasional games against Kershaw--type guys. This year, it seems like most of the team is totally failing at working counts and getting pitches to hit. New approach, or just a symptom of the team slump they're going through right now? Edit: Looks like they're at 3.87 P/PA this year, same as last year, but 0.1 pitches/PA off the 2016 pace.
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The Cubs' record shows lots of ties back in the 40s through 60s, as do the records of most other teams. Obviously some were due to lack of lights, but lots of others were just called as ties after 10 innings or whatever. This is minutiae, but I'm not sure I understand why the ties, last year's tie included, don't appear to be factored into the win percentage.
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The most amusing thing for me is the newfound fascination with Matt Adams, he of the career .769 OPS, in left field. He didn't even start practicing left until late in spring training. He even looks shaky on routine fly balls If they had any competent analytics people, you'd think those people would be either calling Matheny a horsefeathering idiot to his face or quitting. [tweet] [/tweet] [tweet] [/tweet]
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"league tarnishing" is.....something I guess. I think this was my favorite part.... "I'm a season ticket holder that paid to watch a half decade of s*** games from the Cubs. Now as a handful of other teams follow suit I've got even more garbage on the schedule. The "tank hard" strategy is cool when you want to build a championship at all costs but it cheapens the product across the league. I'm actually probably more mad at MLB than Chicago that this is a growing concern, but as a consumer and taxpayer of a publicly subsidized entertainment product I am not thrilled with my money going towards watching teams that are literally trying to lose, and then hearing them brag about how great they are when they finally win." The Reds, the tanking-est team in the division currently, are 6-7 in their last 13 games at Busch. There were quite a few walkoffs and good games in there.
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Oops, double post.
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This ridiculous Stadium Journey listicle says Busch Stadium is the third-best stadium experience across all sports. http://www.scout.com/stadium-journey/story/1746337-top-100-stadium-experiences-of-2016 Yet everything they use to back that ranking was just the Cardinals following already-established trends. New video board: Installed to catch up with Cubs. Ballpark Village: One of many lame Cordish Co. "Live!" barmalls. This one came years after Kansas City's larger version. Wifi: So what? Every ballpark is in the process of getting that. Food: I don't think anyone ranks their food as above average among MLB parks.
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The phrase "baseball heaven" is right up there with "BFIB" in my book. They say that every game (and I go to quite a few, because I live here, love baseball, and it's cheap). But how can you claim "baseball heaven" when you made no effort to build an above-average stadium. No rational person puts new Busch in the top tier of new stadiums. It's a fine, but average stadium. If you're going to claim to be the best at everything, do better. Otherwise, STFU.
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I was able to find that knit World Series hat at Champs Sports here in St. Louis (Galleria, for anyone around these parts). This one: https://www.lids.com/chicago-cubs-new-era-mlb-2016-world-series-locker-room-knit-cap/20900041
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Roll Call: Who is going to be in Chicago for the World Series?
eee123 replied to Clem Fandango's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Yes. No tickets yet, probably just wait until tomorrow and get SRO. -
They also seem to have the most extreme offensive splits, as far as feasting on bad teams and being blanked by good teams. The ability to score 10 runs a game vs the Padres/Brewers/etc. may be inflating their expected winning percentage.
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At least they fixed the crazy kerning on the positions that they had on those lineup cards for a time a few weeks ago. [tweet] [/tweet]
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SRO at Busch is actually pretty good. The best spot is upper deck, center, just in front of the press box. There are only about six rows of seats in front of you, so little foot traffic. You can even hear the press box scoring announcements. There are also plenty of spots down the lines in the lower level concourse.